JEE Main Chemistry question

When phenol is treated with PCl₅, the yield of chlorobenzene is generally poor because of the competing formation of

Answer: (D)

Solution

Because the phenolic –OH is attached to an sp²/aromatic carbon, PCl₅ instead reacts preferentially at oxygen (via a P–O

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Question ID VK-140052